‘End Of The War’: Victory Declared Against ISIS

Iraqi officials announced Saturday that the war against the Islamic State has ended after three years of brutal fighting to regain control of territory seized by the terror caliphate.

During remarks at a conference in Baghdad, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraqi forces were in full control of the country’s border with Syria.

The development marks the “end of the war” against the Islamic State group in Iraq, Abadi said.

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A senior Iraqi military commander then confirmed that major combat operations were over, reports The Associated Press.

“All Iraqi lands are liberated from terrorist Daesh gangs and our forces completely control the international Iraqi-Syrian border,” Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Rasheed Yar Allah said in a statement, using to the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.

US applauds the Iraqi government's announcement of the full liberation of Iraqi territory from ISIS control. The US and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, will continue to partner with the Iraqi Security Forces, advising, training, and equipping them. https://t.co/r1aggiGP6A

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